Mumbai, March 27, 2018 – Automation Expo – India’s largest, and South East Asia’s second largest Industrial Automation Expo & Conference programme, is honoured with “The Leading Show: Automation” category at the 3rd edition of India’s one and only awards initiative for the exhibition industry – The Exhibition Excellence Awards. The event was held on March 17, 2018 at the India Expo Mart, Greater Noida. Over 410 exhibition professionals from across India witnessed the gala event. Organised by Exhibition Showcase, the awards have been successful in promoting the champions of Indian exhibitions as well as the overall visibility of the entire industry.

The best part of EEA is that it is supported by all the leading industry associations like UFI, IAEE, IEIA, ICPB, IESA, NSIC, TCEI, PIOCCI and ASSOCHAM and this impacts the overall visibility which it is able to generate. There was larger than ever representation from pure play individual organisers, who have been successfully organising industry based tradeshows since a long time. The jury present at the event comprised of Angela Herberholz – UFI; Daniel McKinnon – IAEE; Karla Juegel – Messe Marketing; Ravinder Sethi – IEIA; Balvinder Singh Sawhney – FICCI; Dipti Pant – ASSOCHAM; J Shankar – CII; and Tarang Khosla – Exhibition Showcase. There were awards in thirty categories for exhibition organisers including three live competing categories, seven in service providers including one live category, three in conference organisers segment and two in event venues respectively. The winners will be further glorified through the soon to be released Coffee Table Book.

Commenting on the EEA 2018, Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Commerce said, “I am very happy to note that a National level award show has been arranged to felicitate the champions of Indian exhibition industry. These awards will honour excellence in exhibitions and inspire the industry professionals by giving them their due recognition. I would like to congratulate all the winners and top nominees. My best wishes to Exhibition Showcase for organising a recognition initiative of this scale and thus contributing in the growth and upliftment of the Indian exhibition industry.”